Soggy Saturday and Sunday

Well, it was lightly rainy pretty much all day Saturday. Chris was very tired from his drive up Friday evening, and after staying up late talking with Tom, he slept until almost noon. Afterward they went over to the railway for a while. I decided to try to go by the book sale again later in the afternoon, but despite the rain, downtown Dells was jammed with people. I was pleased to see that the arts and crafts fair had lots of folks, so the bad weather wasn't ruining it for the dealers. There was no place to park within ten blocks of the library, and I decided I didn't need to lug a bag full of heavy books through the rain for that distance. Anyway, there is another sale in October ...

After managing to find frozen okra in Reedsburg, Tom made chicken gumbo for dinner, and we topped this off with carrot cake. Then we sat around and talked for a while before Chris got out his computer, and Tom and I grabbed books and the place turned into a quiet reading room.

The rain got much heavier for much of the evening, and the cats went in and out for a while, trying to decide what they wanted. Sundance was outside when I went to bed to read, so I got quite a bit further in the Maya book before she turned up and demanded I put the book away and pet her.

This morning Tom made blueberry pancakes for breakfast, and Chris headed into the rain between here and Chicago. After he left, Tom got cleaned up to head to Chicago himself. He will stay overnight with Rebecca and David and then see his doctor in Hyde Park tomorrow morning for his regular checkup.

I went over to the railway for a while to visit with Roberta and spell her for lunch. The weather was not actually rainy, but it was cool and overcast, and business was very slow. Add to that the competition with the Wo-Zha-Wa parade (in which the R&GN had an entry), and it was a quiet day at the old Sandley Light Rail Works.